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H. P. KEIL. SHIPPERS CABINET. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2, 1913.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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H. P. KEIL. SHIPPER'S CABINET. APPLICATION FILED OGT. 2, 1913.

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' H. F. KEIL. SHIPPER'S CABINET. APPLICATION FILED 00w. 2, 1913.

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H. F. KEIL.

SHIPPERS CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 00'1". 2, 1913.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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HENRY FRANCIS KEIL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIPPEES CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed October 2, 1913. Serial No. 782,991.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FRANCIS KEIL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Shippers Cabinet, of which the following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus designed to be used by producers of articles of various descriptions, or by the distributers thereof, as in the way of packing goods for transportation; and in particular to a device wherein all of the necessary tools and appliances for that purpose may be assembled in a single cabinet, and whereby goods may be packed in a case sustained by the platform, and the cover nailed thereon, and the whole weighed, and marked with shipping directions, and a record taken of the transaction, and a shipping receipt made out, all without it being necessary for the operator to move away from the cabinet.

To attain the desired end, the invention consists in the construction and arrange ment of parts, comprising novel devices and combinations of devices, as hereinafter set forth.

In order to enable the invention to be fully understood, 1 shall proceed to explain the same by reference to the drawings, illustrative of an embodiment of the invention, which accompany and form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a front perspective view of a cabinet constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail of the upper portion thereof; Figs. 3 and 3 are views in detail of the covers for the receptacle containing the packing material; Fig. 4: represents a rear perspective view of a cabinet in which my invention is embodied; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the rear doors for the said receptacle in an open relation; Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are front perspective views of a cabinet constructed according to my invention showing the parts of the same in the different positions which they occupy in the practical use of the said cabinet, and Fig. 10 is a view in detail.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly to the drawings, A denotes the base of the portable frame of the cabinet, ordinarily mounted on rollers or casters, as a, and preferably having a r dge, as a", and preferably comprising a r1g1d portion adapted to directly support or to otherwise sustain a receptacle or bin, as B, preferably inclosed by the posts and constructed and arranged to lie rearward of the platform and to contain any suitable or desired substance, such as packing material, as for example excelsior. Doors are preferably provided for the purpose of charging the said material-containing receptacle with packing material, etc, which doors may be located at the front of the cabinet, as b, and at the side thereof, as Z), and also at the rear of the same, as 6 although manifestly some of the said doors of the said charging receptacle may be dispensed with if desired. The top of the said receptacle, which is adapted to serve as the outlet thereof, is preferably constructed and arranged to be provided with a suitable closure so that it may be closed at will, as by a folding cover, as 6 and also, if desired, by a sliding cover, as 6 which latter may be adapted to be projected laterally beyond the cabinet and utilized to form a shelf or table when extended, or else retracted so as to lie flush with the same when closed. In some cases I prefer to use only one of these closures. The frame and the said receptacle are preferably of integral construction, although, obviously, the latter may be made, if desired, so as to be detachable but adapted to be held permanently by the frame during the use of the cabinet. The lower portion of the body of the cabinet, which I term the packing section thereof, is also preferably provided with a swinging shelf or table, as G, the latter having means to hold it in an outward position, and also with a plurality of sections, receptacles or pockets, as D, D, D which may serve to contain nails, etc, and as D which may be utilized for the purpose of holding tools, as a saw, hammer, etc.,for the purpose of fitting a cover to the box to be packed and of nailing it thereon. These last named receptacles are preferably located at each side of the body of the cabinet in order to inclose and provide a free intermediate working space. The extended portion of the base A of the cabinet.

is chambered and preferably contains and supports a movable upper portion as a scale platform, as A, which latter is connected with a suitable part of the cabinet fashioned like a hollow scale pillar, as A and also with a weightindicating device as a movable or pivoted lever, as a adapted to lift weights, the said scale being provided with any ordinary or suitable weighing mechanism contained within the frame, which weighing mechanism may be held in an ordinary inoperative condition, and the working parts relieved from strain, as by means of a drop lever, as a. The said hollow post A and extension A parallel with the top of the main portion of the cabinet, are used in connection with the scale mechanism. The beam 0:? may be constructed and arranged to be supported by the frame A at the upper part of the same so as to occupy different positions relative to the platform A in difierent cabinets, as is indicated in the several views of the drawings. A gradu ated scale, or other indicating device, as a may be employed to designate the weight of the box or material which is weighed.

The upper portion of the body of the cabinet, which 1 term the filing section thereof, is preferably supported by intermediate posts, as A A and ordinarily comprises a plurality of compartments, as for example, E adapted to contain stencils, E letter files drawers E The top of the cabinet is pref erably constructed and arranged to hold any other article that may be required in a shipping operation, as for example, a marking pot. In the said upper section 1 also preferably mount a movable shelf or table, as G, in sliding engagement therewith and adapted when extended and swung outwardly and downward to serve as a desk. Beneath the preferably glass top of the said distensible shelf 1 ordinarily arrange in tabulated form the names of the consumers or parties to whom goods are to be shipped, the said table of names, as 9, preferably having adjacent thereto a massed table or index, as g, formed either by the use of numerals or of letters, which index preferably corresponds with the specific designating characters of the stencil plates containing the names of the recipients of the material, goods, etc, and also preferably with the list of specific characters marked on a plate, as 9 located at the top of the cabinet. I thus provide means for not only storing but also for indexing the stencils.

, In the open space intermediate the upper and lower sections of my cabinet I preferably locate a. mechanical writing apparato hold books, etc., and as tus as a manifolding instrument mounted on a distensible table, as F, which is in sliding engagement with the cabinet and is adapted to work in guides so as to be pulled forward so as to project and hang clownward from, or to be pushed backward so as to lie within, the cabinet, at will, the said instrument F preferably being normally held in such a sufficiently rearward position as not to interfere with the central open working space of the cabinet and adapted when pulled forward to aflord a free open space behind the same.

In operation the cabinet may be wheeled to the place where the goods desired to be packed are located The empty box may then be set upon the scale platform A, the cover thereof being preferably laid between the stationary platform ridge a and the side of the case, B, and the drop lever a being held up so as to keep the weighing mechanism in an inoperative condition and relieved from strain. The goods may then be placed in the box, some of the same, if.

desired, being temporarily laid on the laterally disposed shelf C, or on the supporting shelf 5* held in an outward position, at approximately a. right angle to the swinging shelf G, or both, for convenience in packing. The excelsior may then be fed from the outlet of the receptacle or bin B directly into the box, as shown in Fig. 6,-

and after the case is filled the cover may be fitted to and nailed on the latter, as illus trated in Fig, 7. The drop lever a may now be set in the guide or runway a whereupon the box and the contents thereof may be weighed.

The operator may now consult the tabulated list of names of consignees 9 contained in alphabetical order on the desk shelf or tray, and upon learning the designating index character 9 of the stencil desired he may select the proper stored and index stencil plate. if preferred, he may select the latter by consulting the alphabetically arranged characters of the plate 9 in which case the stencils may be held in alphabetical order in the compartments located beneath the said plate. The box may now be marked with the weight thereof, and also with the shippingdirections by the operator, who

on the manifold instri'iment mounted on the table F, as shown in Fig. 8, preferably placing the same, or a duplicate thereof, in one of the drawers E and he may fina ly write a shipping receipt in a suitable book, as illustrated in Fig. 9, using for that purpose the desk shelf which is preferably provided with an inkstand, as g for purposes of man ual writing operations, It will thus be seen that the entire operation of packing, box ing, weighing, marking, and shipping may may make a memorandum of the transaction operator to move away from be done without it being necessary for the the cabinet, whereby much time and labor may be saved over the ordinary method of having all of these operations performed independently, which latter course necessitates considerable travel back and forth.

In the construction of the cabinet, a number of guides or runways are provided for, as for example, the hollow post A has a vertical runway or guide a for the reciprocating platform rod a the open central portion of the cabinet has in the sides of the same horizontal runways or guides f and g for the reciprocating shelf G and table F located in the said open portion; the eXten-.

sion A at the top of the cabinet is provided with means to form a vertical guide or runway a for the reciprocating beam a and the lower part of the cabinet has a base portion projecting from the same and has formed in the said structure an opening comprising an enlarged but low vertical runway or guide A in which the reciproeating platform works, the said devices being adapted to be permanently retained by and to work within the said runways or guides.

The various parts of the cabinet cooperate or coact, as for example, the table F working in the guides or runways f covers the receptacle B when in a forward position; when placed rearwardly, however, the user may operate the platform A by depositing the contents of the receptaclethereon, the table F serving to form a guide for the hand of the operator to direct the latter in a forward direction and prevent the said contents of the chamber B from being thrown too far in an upward direction. The front edge of the top of the cabinet proper serves to form a guide for the hand in adjusting the weight on the beam a The platform rod a working in the runway 0 comprises a weight giving device; the mechanical writing instrument F on the table F working in the runway f comprises a weight recording device; the beam a working in the runway a comp ises a weight indicating device; and the platform A working in the runway A comprises a weight holding device. The said movable devices are adapted to be permanently retained by and to operate in the said runways or guides, the whole number of the said elements being connected together and contained in a unitary structure.

If desired, the bin or receptacle B to contain the packing material may be made detachable from the frame of the cabinet and set within the posts A at will, as shown in Fig. 10, in which case the said receptacle, as B, may be withdrawn again by means of handles, as b.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for, obviously, modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What I claim as my invention is l. A cabinet consisting of a plurality of stationary receptacles and movable devices contained in a framework, and having lower and upper chambers, a hollow post comprising a vertical runway or guide, a portion located centrally in the cabinet and permanently open to the user in the sides of which are positioned horizontal runways or guides, and a base portion projecting outwardly from the bottom of the cabinet in which is formed an opening comprising an enlarged but low vertical runway or guide.

:2. A cabinet consisting of a plurality of stationary receptacles and movable devices contained in a framework, and having lower and upper chambers, a hollow post comprising a vertical runway or guide, a portion located centrally in the cabinet and permanently open to the user in the sides of which are positioned horizontal runways or guides, and a base portion projecting outwardly from the bottom of the cabinet in which is formed an opening comprising an enlarged but low vertical runway or guide, and de ices adapted to be permanently retained in the said runways or guides, the whole number of the said elements being connected together and serving to form a unitary structure.

3. A cabinet consisting of a plurality of stationary receptacles and movable devices contained in a framework, and having lower and upper chambers, a hollow post comprising a vertical runway or guide, a portion located centrally in the cabinet and permanently open to the user in the sides of which are positioned horizontal runways or guides, a table to cover the lower chamber, a guide at the top of the cabinet, and a base portion projecting outwardly from the bottom of the cabinet in which is formed an opening comprising an enlarged but low vertical runway or guide, and movable devices adapted to be permanently retained in the said runways or guides, the whole number of the said elements being connected together and serving to form a unitary structure.

4. A cabinet consisting of a plurality of stationary receptacles and movable devices contained in a framework, and having lower and upper chambers, a central portion located in the body of the cabinet and permanently open to the user in the sides of which are positioned horizontal runways or guides, a vertical guide or runway at the top of the cabinet, a base portion projecting from the cabinet in which is formed an opening comprising an enlarged but low vertical runway or guide and devices adapted to be permanently retained by and to 0perate in the said runways or guides, the Whole number of the said elements being connected together and serving to form a unitary structure. a

In testimony of the foregoing specifica- Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressin Washington, D. 0

tion, I do hereby sign'the same in the city of New York,

York this 19th clayof September, 1913.

county and State of New 1Q HENRY FRANCIS KEIL.

Witnesses:

Ron. SOHWARZ, J. ODELL FOWLER.

g the Commissioner of Patents, 

